Two Boys Found Dead After Smothering in Ohio Car Case
Officials said Mrs. McBride led searchers to wooded northern Athens County where the bodies of two young brothers were found. Bryan wore a yellow nylon parka and one shoe while his brother wore light blue pajamas. Coroner noted the older child likely died first. Autopsy planned at University Hospital Columbus.
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McBride
Athens County
Bryan
Robert Butts
University Hospital
Columbus
Pope warns of wars and rising fanaticism in world
The pope opened the new year by urging peace and warning that revolutionary fanaticism, racial exclusiveness, and nationalistic pride threaten harmony. He cited conflicts in Vietnam, the Middle East, and Africa, noting graves, refugees, and suffering, and marked January 1 as World Day of Peace.
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Vietnam
Middle East
Africa
Kidnappers Of Newspaper Executives Wife Hunted
Alick McKay appeals to captors of Muriel McKay to reveal demands and guarantees for her return. A spiritualist is consulted as police search north of London for the abducted wife of the News of the World executive. The ransom talks include a $2.4 million demand amid little solid evidence.
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London
UPI
Newpaper
Alick McKay
Muriel McKay
McKay
News of the World
David Dyer
Dyer
Wealthy Panamanian attorney Rubeno Miro shot dead
Rubeno Miro known for being tried and acquitted in the Remon assassination was found shot to death near Chepo about 40 miles east of Panama City. Police say he faced past threats and had recent surveillance, with family noting his absence from a New Year’s Eve wedding.
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Panama City
UPI
Rubeno Miro
Jose Antonio Remon
Miro
Chepo
Remon
National Guard
Panama
Santo Tomas Hospital
Omar Torrijos
Navy abandons salvage of bomb laden SS Badger State
The U S Navy scrapped plans to salvage the abandoned SS Badger State after a tug reported fires aboard and a large hole in the starboard quarter. Navy Admiral Combs said further salvage was unwarranted amid risk. State Marine Lines held no immediate comment.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
UPI
U. S. Navy
mid-Pacific
Abnaki
Navy
State Marine Lines
Badger State
W. C. Combs
Service Force
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Snowbound Black Hills Region Sees Limited Travel
Fire Chief Walter Edinger of Lead, South Dakota, said only emergency travel was allowed and travelers were housed in area hotels and motels. East of the Black Hills, five to six inches of snow slicked central South Dakota highways.
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Walter Edinger
Lead
Edinger
Black Hills
South Dakota
Holiday Toll Soars Amid Traffic And Fires
A United Press International tally shows 169 people killed in highway crashes and 3 in fires during the four day New Year holiday. California leads with 11 traffic deaths. Nyack and Columbia MO report fatal fires. several crashes claim multiple lives across states. Police report continued deadly incidents into early 1970.
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United Press International
California
Georgia
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Steve’s Bar and Grill
Nyack
N.Y
Columbia
East Gadsden
Ala
Huntsville
Dundee
Kan
Clanon
Iowa
Davenport
Florida
Tampa International
National Safety Council
Sam The Plumber May Plea Before Jury
A Pennsylvania grand jury seeks a joint probe with Lacey to expose Mafia gambling and rackets allegedly run by Philadelphia Cosa Nostra chief Angelo Bruno. Meanwhile a Newark Teamster faces Fifth Amendment questions as he testifies about possible ties to a Newark tavern and police-linked numbers running.
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Era
Pennsylvania
Lacey
Philadelphia
Cosa Nostra
Angelo Bruno
Newark
Harry Serio
Mountainside
N.J
U.S. District Court
Lawrence A. Whipple
Serie
Teamsters
Dominick A. Spina
Rocco Ferrante
Ferrante
Hugh J
One Dies in California Boat Mishap At Sea
A 25 foot power boat overturned off Manhattan Beach California. One person died and six or seven others possibly children were missing or injured as lifeguards and the Coast Guard searched the surf scene. Six were hospitalized at South Bay Hospital in Redondo Beach.
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Manhattan Beach
Calif
UPI
Frank Stuckel
South Bay Hospital
Redondo Beach
Coast Guard
Israeli Arms Buyer Told To Leave France
France ordered an Israeli official to depart Paris amid a renewed arms embargo probe. The case centers on Simon, a Columbia graduate and 1962 chief arms buyer in Europe, who allegedly signed a resale contract for five gunboats. France kept the embargo and suspended two senior defense officials tied to the clearance.
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France
Charles de Gauulle
Simon
Columbia University
Leon Uris
Europe
Foreign Ministry
Paris
Bernard Cazelles
National Defense Secretariat
Louis Bonte
Defense Ministry
Cazelles
Bonte
Court of Accounts
Arabs accuse Israel of gas use in Jordan Valley
Guerrilla group marks Al Fatah anniversary by alleging poison gas employed by Israel against Arab units in a four hour attack in the southern Jordan Valley. Israel denies the charge and conducts air raids into Jordan and Egypt.
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Idan Valley
King Hussein Bridge
Dead Sea
Al-Maghlas
Jesus
West Bank
Jordan
Irbid
Amman
Baghdad
Israel
Ast Ghor Canal
Jordan Valley
Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
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Dudley Senanayake
London Daily News
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Lebanon
Ahmed Hassan al Bakr
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Aziz Shariff
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